Yagi Yoshinori

Yagi Yoshinori ( Japanese 八 木 義 徳 ; born October 21, 1911 in Muroran , Hokkaidō Prefecture ; † November 9, 1999 ) was a Japanese writer and since 1989 member of the Japanese Academy of Arts .

Life

Yagi attended middle school in his hometown of Muroran and then enrolled at the Imperial University of Hokkaidō for fisheries, but left the university early and without a degree. He then enrolled in the "Second Waseda Upper School" ( 第二 早 稲 田 高等 学院 ) and then studied French literature at Waseda University . During his time at the high school he edited the magazine Mokushi ( 黙 示 ) with Nakamura Hachirō , Tsuji Ryōichi and Tada Yūkei , and at the university he participated in the Waseda Bungaku . He is fascinated by Arishima Takeo and Dostoevsky , studied with Yokomitsu Riichi and published his first work in 1937 under the title Azarashi ( 海豹 ). In 1944 he received the renowned Akutagawa Prize for his work Ryūkanfū ( 劉廣福 ) alongside Obi Jūzō .

Awards

• 1978 Yomiuri Literature Prize for Kazamatsuri ( 風 祭 )
• 1988 Imperial Prize from the Academy of Arts
• 1990 Kikuchi Kan Prize

Works (selection)

So far none of his works has been translated into German.

• 1946 Boshi chingon ( 母子 鎮 魂 )
• 1948 Watashi no Sonya ( 私 の ソ ー ニ ャ )
• 1976 Kazamatsuri ( 風 祭 )

Web links

• 八 木 義 徳 文学 館 (Japanese)
• 八 木 義 徳 著作 リ ス ト ( Memento from March 18, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) List of works (Japanese)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 八 木 義 徳 プ ロ フ ィ ー ル (profile of Yagi Yoshinori). In: 八 木 義 徳 文学 館 . Archived from the original on March 15, 2014 ; Retrieved March 14, 2014 (Japanese). 

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . So Yagi is the family name, Yoshinori the first name.